600 ESPN EL PASO » poker http://krod.com ESPN and 600 ESPN El Paso, the leaders in sports in El Paso and the world! Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:55:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Is the Full Tilt Poker Site Just a Massive Ponzi Scheme? http://krod.com/full-tilt-poker-ponzi-scheme/ http://krod.com/full-tilt-poker-ponzi-scheme/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:48:05 +0000 Danny Groner http://tsminteractive.com/?p=48101 Full Tilt Poker, one of the Internet’s most popular poker sites, operated “as a massive Ponzi scheme against its own players,” alleges Manhattan’s US attorney.

The allegations come as part of a civil money laundering complaint claiming that funds the site raised went to pay members of its board of directors, which includes poker pros Howard Lederer and Christopher “Jesus” Ferguson. The board is reported to have taken $440 million since April 2007.

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]]> http://krod.com/full-tilt-poker-ponzi-scheme/feed/ 0 Ethan Miller, Getty Images Tobey Maguire Sued After Winning Over $300,000 In Illegal Poker Game http://krod.com/tobey-maguire-sued-after-winning-over-300000-in-illegal-poker-game/ http://krod.com/tobey-maguire-sued-after-winning-over-300000-in-illegal-poker-game/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:52:25 +0000 http://tsminteractive.com/?p=19010 In what sounds like something straight out of a movie, RadarOnline is exclusively reporting that ‘Spider-Man’ star Tobey Maguire is the target of a lawsuit over a multi-million dollar, illegal poker game.

The suit, filed in Los Angeles, claims that Maguire won over $300,000 from hedge fund manager Brad Ruderman. Ruderman allegedly used some of the money he had earned from an illegal Ponzi scheme, in which he embezzled investor funds to pay off his debts. Now, the investors want their money back.

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